Advertising or amusement device.



ION FILED JULY 21, 1909. RENEWED JUNE 2,4, 1910.

Patented Sept 27-, 1910.

APPLIOAT a, WISIIINGIGN, n. c.

WELLINGTON STOT'I,

or Lennon,

ENGLAND.

ADVERTISING OR AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20?, 1910.

Application filed .Tuly 21, 1909, Serial No. 508,763. Renewed June 24, 1910. Serial No. 568,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVnLLINe'roN Sro'r'r, gentleman, residing at 54c Hotham road, Putney, London, S. W., England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ad vertising or Amusement Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will. enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new or improved advertising or amusement device the object being to provide an arrangement whereby bubbles may be automatically blown from a solution, preferably of soap and a feature of this invention lies in the manner in which a single bubble is obtained, unimpeded by surplus solution and possibly numerous small bubbles.

In order that this invention may be fully understood, it will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a general side elevation of a device constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan taken on line a; m, (Fig. 1). Fig. 3 is a side view, and Fig. i is an inverted plan view, of one of the bulbs, drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are detail side views of two forms of discharge devices, and Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are end View of the same. Fig. 9 is a detail section View of one of the valves.

In carrying this invention into practical effect and as shown in the drawings 1 pro vide a tank a designed to contain soap solu tion or the like under pressure, which pressure is obtained by means of a pump 6 of convenient form. This tank has supported thereabove a basin 0 of suitable shape and size, and this basin has a vertical hollow column or cylinder at upstanding therein, and also designed to contain solution, say up to the level y, y.

Communicating with the top of the tank a and passing up through the bottom of the basin into the cylinder cl, where it is trapped as at 6 is an air pipe 6, normally closed by a tap or cook 0 the mouth or outlet of this pipe being beneath the surface of the solution. Now upon the valve 6 being opened to the required extent, air will pass up through the pipe 0, through the solution in the cylinder (Z which begins to form into bubbles which rise in the said cylinder and fall slowly over the top thereof into the basin 0 thus gradually building up a column or pyramid of bubbles from the periphery of the basin 0 to the top of the cylinder (Z. In addition to this I desire to form single bubbles which may be caused to leave the device and float in the air, and to this end as shown, I provide a number of bulbs arranged after the manner of a spray from the top of the cylinder (Z, each bulb being carried at the extremity of a solution pipe 9, all of which communicate with a common main pipe passing down to the tank a as shown and controlled by a valve 9 Similarly a main air pipe 71, controlled by a valve h passes up from the tank a and radiates into a number of branches 72, each of which passes toward one of the bulbs f which it enters at the top and is provided with. a subsidiary control. valve 2'.

The pipes 71- and g to each bulb terminate in a device such as shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6, and in Figs. 3 and 4-, which latter are a side elevation and underside plan respectively of a bulb somewhat enlarged. Referring to Fig. 5, when a drop of solution leaves the pipe 9, it falls upon a small projection over which it splashes and forms a film over the outlet of the pipe ]L1 a bubble thus being formed, and all superfluous solution runs down toward each side of the projection j and disperses. Similarly in Fig. 6, the drop falls on to the shoulder 76, but in addition a cup-like receptacle k is provided from which the bubble emanates. 7

As will. be understood the bubble formed fills the bulb and begins to travel to the mouth thereof and in order to facilitate rapid inflation, a number of comparatively large air inlets, Z are arranged down the bulb as shown in Fig. l, each communicating by a pipe Z with the air pipe 71, and provided with a valve Z to regulate the flow of air the dispersing superfluous solution being at the same time taken up. By this means when the bubble reaches the mouth of the bulb, it is rapidly but gently inflated, and it may be caused to leave the bulb, by a conveniently arranged fan or other suitable means.

It is obvious that the details of construction of this device may be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of this invention for instance, instead of the pipes g and 7t radiating from common mains, each may be carried down independently to the tank a, while the form and arrangement of the bulbs may also be modified, as may their air inlets Z.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a bubble fountain the combination, with flaring bulb; of a delivery pipe for air having a projecting hp at its lower side which is arranged inside the smaller end portion of the bulb and a supply pipe for solution arranged to deliver the solution onto the said lip over the orifice of the air pipe.

2. In a bubble fountain, the combination,

with a flaring bulb, of a delivery pipe for alnhaving a projecting lip at its lower side which is arranged inside the smaller end portion of the bulb, aseries of branch air pipes connecting the main air pipe with the lower side of the bulb at different points of its length, and a supply pipe for solution arranged to deliver the solution onto the said lip over the orifice of the main air pipe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ELLING/TON. STOTT. lVitnesses GODFREY B. SHEPHERD, CHARLES R. BUTCHER. 

